Curtain or shade guide



(No Model.)

H. T. EDSON. GURTAIN 0R SHADE GUIDE.

Patented May 5,1891.

WIT/1 58858.-

UNITED STATss PATENT rrrcm;

HENRY T. EDSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN OR SHADE GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,665, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed December 9,1890. Serial No. 374,071. (No modeli) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. EDsON, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain or Shade Guides; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide a guide for window curtains or shades for preventing them from running crooked on their rollers, also to prevent their edges from excessive wear and friction, and to provide a device simple and cheap'in construction and capable of being readily applied by an unskilled person; and to these ends it consists in a certain improved construction hereinafter described, and the novel features pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the application of my invention to a win dow-shade; Fig. 2, a View of the guide detached, and Figs. 3 and f views of modifications.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts.

As in Fig. 2, the main portion of the guide consists of a single piece of wire or similar material bent into the form shown, having two parallel arms 1 1, arranged close together and encircled by friction rollers or sleeves 2 2', preferably of celluloid or similar light material arranged to turn freely thereon, and the portion connecting said arms and extending at right angles to the opening between them is also encircled by a roller or sleeve 3, corresponding to those on the arms, against which the edge of the curtain or shade operates. In forming this frame the roller 3 is slipped on a piece of straight wire, the ends bent around, as shown, then the rollers 2 2 slipped on the arms 1 1, the shoulders 4 preventing their inward movement, and then the ends of said arms are upset, holding the rollers in place. This Wire loop may be attached 'to its supporting bracket or arms in any suitable manneras, for instance, by the wire arms 5 5, soldered or otherwise clamped to the loop, as in Fig. 2, said arms forming stops for limiting the longi tudinal movement of the roller 3; or instead a metal plate 6, as in Fig. 3, could be employed, having the ears 7 clamped around said portion and also constituting stops for confining said roller.

In the construction in Fig. 2 the wire arms 5 can be formed with loops 8 for the securing tacks or screws holding the device in position on the window-casing; or they may be left plain and straight, as in dotted lines, and, being more or less flexible, the user may bend or shape them to hold the guide in any position desired and permit its application to shades running at an angle or horizontally-as, for instance, in photographers or artists studios, for which purpose these rollerguides are especially advantageous.

While it is desirable to attach the flexible wire arms 5 to the central portion of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and to have them position the roller 3, this is not necessary, as they could as well be applied to the ends of said loop, as in Fig. 4.

The plate 6 is cut from a single piece of material, and, as shown, the downwardly-extending part 9 is preferably perforated for the passage of the securing screws or tacks.

The manner of using my invention will be clear from an inspection of Fig. 1, the guides being fastened to the windowcasing and engaging the edges of the shade, as will be understood.

I claim as my invention- 1. A curtain or shade guide consisting, essentially, of the main framemade of a single piece of material with the two parallel arms, the broad loop at the end, the roller mounted thereon, audit-he support for said frame,having the arms engaging the loop of the frame, substantially as described.

2. A curtain or shade guide having the main frame composed of asingle piece of material formed with the central straight part having the roller thereon, and the two arms extending at an angle therefrom, having rollers thereon and upset at the ends for retaining said rollers in place, substantially as de frame consisting of the flexible wires attached scribed. thereto substantially as described.

, w o. A curtaln or shade guide hELVllJQ the Y T H 1 t L a mam frame composed of aslngle piece of ma- HP} RX I D503 5 terial formed with the central'straight por- \Vitnesses:

tion and the two arms projecting therefrom, FRED F. CHURCH,

in combination with the support for said F. M. EMBRY. 

